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5.22.2012

Sky Show

When my dad told me there was going to be the annular eclipse I thought "great, but I probably won't get to see it." Then I learned that I not only lived somewhere I could see it, but that I lived in the PRIME location! What luck!!So Sunday evening, my friend Sarah and I drove up to a place we thought would be perfect for eclipse viewing. You can see that we were not the only ones with this idea...

WeSarah had come prepared with a picnic basket full of goodies and a blanket for us to sit on...

There were tons of people with fancy equipment. Luckily a nice lady gave us her sons eclipse glasses because he wouldn't wear them. We were very grateful, especially so we didn't have to go blind trying to view the eclipse.

Everyone settled in to enjoy the show...

And when it started everyone around us was cheering. What a show!

The peak of the eclipse/ the ring of fire...

The eclipse causes shadows to take on a crescent shape... See?

We had brought mirrors because one online source said to view it through mirrors... We couldn't figure out exactly what they meant until the eclipse was practically over. Oh well, we had the awesome glasses instead.

just ignore the fact that I look disgusting...

See that little crescent shaped spot of light on the rock? That's from the mirror, that's what they meant.

What an amazing experience. We were all in awe over this amazing show.Set your calendars for 2017 and plan your trips to Wyoming and Idaho to make sure you can view the total solar eclipse!

32 comments

Wow the eclipse pictures look cool. The location where you went to view is looks really interesting too, I'd love to live in America! Do you live in America? I'm sorry if you don't!I'd also love a picnic baskets like the one you shared with your friend, I'm going to hunt for one!It looks like you had a lovely day :) xx

I'm so jealous! I only got to see pictures in the paper :( lucky yooou but I will be making your cookies this weekend I love peanut butter but who doesn't (other than people with allergies of course..)Jess xox

Wow Gentri you guys really did have such a prime spot! I heard about the eclips but it apparently wasn't going to be very visible in my location and I haven' heard much buzz about it so I'm going to assume nobody else paid much attention to it here either.Love your photos from your time! Looks like you guys had a blast!

firstly- you guys are so cool to have a picnicsecondly- woah. that is sooo cool. I've never seen an eclipse! thirdly- you do NOT look disgusting. you look cute.fourthly- I adore that second to last picture.

Yeah I definitely practically blinded myself trying to see the eclipse. We are in a "prime" location here, but we didn't have any special glasses or anything. Ouch! But, when we tried to look and then quickly looked away--the blinks of the sun spots yielded half and cheshire spots instead of full circles ; ] Haha! I'm glad I got to "see" it. ANother thing to cross off my life's to-do list : ]

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